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Heart beat: Earlier use for beta blockers?

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Earlier use for beta blockers?

Published: March, 2014

Beta blockers are recommended for most heart attack survivors and
people with heart failure for one simple reason — they help such
folks live longer. It's possible they may do the same thing for
people with less severe forms of heart disease.

That's the conclusion of an interesting study out of Salt Lake
City. Researchers followed more than 4,000 men and women who had
an angiogram showing at least one clogged coronary artery. None
of them, though, had been through a heart attack or had heart
failure. Some left the hospital after the procedure with a
prescription for a beta blocker, others didn't.

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Don't sit so much

Sitting for long stretches of time increases the odds of illness and untimely death. Here are some simple tricks to get yourself out of your chair: While you're on the phone, stand up and walk around. When watching TV, stand and pace during commercials. Instead of sitting at your makeup table, stand up. In general, try to get on your feet every 30 minutes.